| NGC 7332 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 7332 (right) and NGC 7339 (left) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 22 37 24.5 |
| Declination | +23° 47′ 54″ |
| Redshift | 0.003909 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1197 ± 5 km/s |
| Distance | 67.1 ± 11 Mly (20.6 ± 3.4 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.0 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0 pec edge-on lenticular galaxy |
| Apparent size (V) | 4.1' × 1.1' |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 12115, MCG +04-53-008, PGC 69342 | |
NGC 7332 is an edge-on peculiar lenticular galaxy located about 67 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. It possesses a (peanut shell)-shaped bulge, associated with stellar bar. It was discovered on September 19, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel.
NGC 7332 and NGC 7339 form a dynamically isolated binary system (number 570 in the catalog of double galaxies compiled by Igor Karachentsev), and are likely orbiting each other. NGC 7332 is the brighter of the two galaxies.
In the sky NGC 7339 lies 5' away from NGC 7332. NGC 7332 is an unusually blue object with a corrected apparent B-magnitude of 11.5. A 130mm to 200mm telescope will be needed to visually detect this pair of galaxies. The two galaxies will appear at almost a right angle to one another.
References
- ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 7332. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "Distance Results for NGC 7332". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "NGC7332/7339". National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- "NGC 7332". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- Bogdan C. Ciambur; Alister W. Graham (2016), Quantifying the (X/peanut)-shaped structure in edge-on disc galaxies: length, strength, and nested peanuts
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 7300 - 7349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ Fisher, David; Illingworth, Garth; Franx, Marijn (1994). "The dynamics and structure of the S0 galaxy NGC 7332". Astronomical Journal. 107 (1): 160–172. Bibcode:1994AJ....107..160F. doi:10.1086/116841.
- "Re: NGC 7332 and NGC 7339". Cloudy Nights Forum Archives (Deep Sky Observing). 2005-08-27. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
External links
Media related to NGC 7332 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 7332 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
